Ehud Banai

In 1986, Ehud and his band Haplitim ("The Refugees") broke through, with the hit single Ir Miklat (City of Refuge) and the rock opera "Mami".

The songs also included many Biblical subjects and allusions, such as the golden calf and cities of refuge.

The film traces Banai's early years on the music scene, through the struggle, musical passion, and deeply rooted friendship he shared with members of his first band, "The Refugees" – Yossi Elephant, Jean Jacques Goldeberg, Noam Halevi, and Gil Smetana.

In September 2008, Banai released Shir Chadash, an album of traditional Jewish songs (zemirot), including several melodies composed by Shlomo Carlebach.

[4] Throughout most of his musical career, Banai was a traditional observer, and in the early 2000s he became a "Baal teshuva" following his older brother Eliyahu.

He has served as a gabbai in the Ashkenazi synagogue "Ohel Yosef" in the Kiryat Borochov neighborhood of Ramat Gan.